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present tense third-person singular of let
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as in rents
chiefly British to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment the pensioner has begun letting rooms in her home to earn some extra money

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lets

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noun

plural of let

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of lets
Verb
An open, standardized interface lets data flow across companies and products. Kirk McKeown, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 This lets people send SOS messages in an emergency or texts while in cellular dead zones. PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025 Eat Your Books lets users create a database of their cookbook library and search by title, author, ingredients, cuisine or dish and even add notes and comments. Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2025 This track-centric experience lets drivers who’ve completed the Ice Experience session, master drifting through the curves on Circuit Mécaglisse’s undulating main track, and experience those 500-plus-hp 911 rocketships for lap after lap. Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025 That incentive lets developers build projects that have many more homes than the underlying zoning would typically allow if those developers agree to add amenities like parks. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025 Rotating the telescope lets that high-resolution axis sweep around the star, ensuring planets at different angles aren’t missed. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025 Carbonfact, an environmental data platform for the apparel and footwear industry, just shared the first free solution that lets brands calculate their official French Environmental Cost—and compare it, instantly, to industry benchmarks. Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2025 Documenting workflows and sharing access lets your team move seamlessly, preventing bottlenecks and burnout. Kari Cobham, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
Leveraging Scholten’s experience with convertible cars, a folding or removable top lets in the sun and breeze. IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lets
Verb
  • Printing speed into capability The new design allows Boeing to print features like harness paths and attachment points directly into each panel.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The trust model thus allows businesses to raise and lower risk tolerances to hallucinations and suboptimal answers by choosing different thresholds of the trust score.
    Scott Zoldi, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The latter also rents surfboards to those who want to ride the waves.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Fluidstack still also rents space, and chips, from other companies.
    Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cadence is an electronic design software company that enables device and system simulation and has been doing this for decades.
    Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That is, the group enables Hamas to be both arsonist and firefighter, enhancing its control and reach into the lives of average, everyday Palestinians in Gaza.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite the tree’s association with ponds, bald cypress tolerates a range of growing conditions, from somewhat dry soils to standing water.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Felicia tolerates other cats but would probably be better as the only fur baby in a home.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In its latest publication, the lobby representing over 1,600 member companies put forward 1,141 recommendations to Chinese policymakers, aimed at smoothing over various obstacles faced by European firms in the country.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
  • But just as emerging concerns around hallucinations, data privacy and copyright have put up barriers to generative AI that some organizations have found insurmountable, agents have their own set of obstacles.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Phase 1 permits us to let our imaginations run free.
    Cherie Kloss, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Milwaukee School of Engineering has owned the building since 2023 and leases it to ICE.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In year 1, FC leases property from CFC1 for $100.
    Carrie Brandon Elliot, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For most companies and CEOs, the metrics would be preposterously out of reach — among them are an eight-fold increase in market valuation and a 30-fold increase in earnings — but that ignores Musk’s ability to marshal investor enthusiasm and pull off new product launches.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But this framing ignores reality.
    Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 16 Sep. 2025

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